Biodegradation of phenylbenzoate and some of its derivatives by Scedosporium apiospermum

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-420

  Claußen, Maike ^a   Schmidt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Diaryl esters; Hydrolysis; Ortho pathway; Phenylbenzoate; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 BENZENETRIOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CATECHOL; PHENOL; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ASSAY; HYDROLYSIS; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM;

EID: 0006939304     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80077-1     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. April T.M., Abbott S.P., Foght J.M., Currah R.S. Degradation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by the ascomycete Pseudoallescheria boydii. Can. J. Microbiol. 44:1998;270-278.
2. Bradford M.M. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal. Biochem. 72:1976;248-254.
3. Cain R.B. Microbial degradation of synthetic polymers. Fry J.C, Gadd G.M, Herbert R.A, Jones C.W, Watson-Craik I.A. Microbial control of pollution, Society for General Microbiology Symposium. 48:1992;293-338 Cambridge University Press.
4. Chang S., Han C.D. Effect of bulky pendent side groups on the structure of mesophase in a thermotropic main-chain liquid-crystalline polymer. Macromolecules. 29:1996;2103-2112.
5. Clauβen M., Schmidt S. Biodegradation of phenol and p-cresol by the hyphomycete Scedosporium apiospermum. Res. Microbiol. 149:1998;399-406.
6. Crabbe J.R., Campbell J.R., Thompson L., Walz S.L., Schultz W.W. Biodegradation of a colloidal ester-based polyurethane by soil fungi. Int. Biodet. Biodeg. 33:1994;103-113.
7. Dyckerhoff H., Armbruster R. Zur Kenntnis der Tannase. Hoppe-Seylers Zeitschrift Physiol. Chem. 219:1933;38-56.
8. Identification of organic compounds in effluents from industrial sources. EPA-560/3-75-002. 1975.
9. Haslam E., Stangroom J.E. The esterase and depsidase activities of tannase. Biochem. J. 99:1966;28-31.
10. Jamaluddin M., SubbaRao P.V., Vaidyanathan C.S. Involvement of the protocatechuate pathway in the metabolism of mandelic acid by Aspergillus niger. J. Bacteriol. 101:1970;786-793.
11. Kavelman R., Kendrick B. Degradation of a plastic - poly epsilon-caprolactone - by hyphomycetes. Mycologia. 70:1978;87-103.
12. Krücke B., Zaschke H., Kostromin S.G., Shibaen V.P. Thermotrope liquid-crystalline polymers. Acta Polymerica. 36:1985;639-643.
13. Larcher G., Cimon B., Symoens F., Tronchin G., Chabasse D. A 33 kDa serine proteinase from Scedosporium apiospermum, Biochem. J. 315:1996;119-126.
14. Onodera M., Ogasawara N. Propane oxidation activity and its induction in a gaseous hydrocarbon assimilating mold Scedosporium sp. A-4. Agric. Biol. Chem. 54:1990;731-736.
15. Sotokawa A., Ishibashi O. LCD technology. Fujitsu Sci. Tech. J. 34:1998;107-111.
16. Verschueren K. Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals. 1977;Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.